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He's a software consumer, not a software producer. For him it's just a menu change whereas for those of us who produce software it's learning XAML or a new database access framework or a new set of UI standards - where half the time we are working with incomplete frameworks so we have to write work arounds until version X fixes the problem - etc. If it was my job to understand that given a new UI I simply have to recognize that button 'A' is now located under submenu 'B' I wouldn't have much to complain about either. I'd use my spare time to write troll articles for ZDNet.
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Learning is integral part of programming. If learning becomes cumbersome, perhaps its time to start thinking about retirement.
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Yeah, I brought it up because I've been through over 20 years of Microsoft's changes and not once was there any pressure to drop what you're doing and go learn "the new thing". You get to it in your own time. What WILL put the pressure on you to move to new technology are customers, not Microsoft.
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Dave KreskowiakDave Kreskowiak wrote:
Yeah, I brought it up because I've been through over 20 years of Microsoft's change
And thus it is certainly reasonable when I also point out that I have been through exactly the same changes as you. Thus your experience in that regard is no more relevant than mine.
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
and not once was there any pressure to drop what you're doing and go learn "the new thing". You get to it in your own time.
Pretty sure Microsoft no longer supports Windows 3.1. So there is certainly some indirect pressure to move off of that OS.
Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
What WILL put the pressure on you to move to new technology are customers, not Microsoft.
Which has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of the Windows software nor the design of the user interface. Good or bad. So I have no idea what that has to do with this sub-thread.